New Glarus, WI
New Glarus wildfire risk explained
USFS scores New Glarus at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,121 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Glarus's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,121 buildings are counted in New Glarus, and 85.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where New Glarus ranks
Compare New Glarus's two percentiles: 80th within Wisconsin, only 34th nationally — a gap of 46 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Glarus ranks 20,723 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,151 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wisconsin alone, it ranks 161 of 808 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wisconsin on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Glarus
New Glarus's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
New Glarus's 85.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Glarus's 20,723-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Glarus, see the exposure-zones guide.